187 is a prime nuumber!
nope it isn't : 11 x 17 = 187.No, 187 is not a prime number. 11 times 17 equals 187. Both are prime numbers, so the prime factorization of 187 is 11 X 17.
187 is a composite number
187 is divisible by 11 and so it cannot be prime.
In prime factors (divisors) 187 = 11x17 and 1000 = 2x2x2x5x5x5 So they share no prime factors and this is referred to as being co-prime or relatively prime. In this case the highest common factor (or greatest common divisor) is 1.
A prime number is a number that is only evenly divisible by 1 and itself, since 11 and 17 both divide equally (no remainder) into 187 - it is not prime.
187 is a composite number. A prime number has exactly 2 factors, 1 and the number itself. 187 has 4 factors, 1, 11, 17, and 187, so 187 is a composite.
They are 11 times 17 = 187
3 is a co-prime number.
Because it is not divisible by any other number.
187 will have the same number of factors no matter what you do to it.
2 is the smallest prime number. It is co-prime with every odd number.